Please find, for review, the debconf templates of watchdog.
This review will last from Friday, June 08, 2007 to Monday, June 18, 2007.
Please send reviews as unified diffs (diff -u) against the original
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Template: watchdog/run
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Start watchdog at boot time?
Please specify whether watchdog should be started as part of the boot
process. This can be changed later by editing /etc/default/watchdog.
Template: watchdog/restart
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Restart watchdog on upgrades?
If the kernel is configured with the CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option,
restarting watchdog will cause a spurious reboot (the kernel will assume
that the watchdog daemon crashed).
Template: watchdog/module
Type: string
Default: none
_Description: Watchdog module to preload:
Please choose which watchdog module should be preloaded before
starting watchdog. The 'softdog' module should be suited for all
installations. Enter 'none' if you don't want the script to load
a module.

--- ../watchdog.old/debian/templates 2007-06-02 08:17:51.742324321 +0200
+++ debian/templates 2007-06-08 18:58:58.353976294 +0200
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Restart watchdog on upgrades?
- If your kernel is configured with the CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option,
- restarting watchdog will cause a spurious reboot (the kernel will think
- the watchdog daemon crashed).
+ If the kernel is configured with the CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option,
+ restarting watchdog will cause a spurious reboot (the kernel will assume
+ that the watchdog daemon crashed).
Template: watchdog/module
Type: string
Default: none
-_Description: Load watchdog module?
- Do you want the watchdog init script to preload a module for your watchdog
- driver before starting watchdog? The module "softdog" should work on all
- installations. If you don't want the script to load a module use "none".
+_Description: Watchdog module to preload:
+ Please choose which watchdog module should be preloaded before
+ starting watchdog. The 'softdog' module should be suited for all
+ installations. Enter 'none' if you don't want the script to load
+ a module.
--- ../watchdog.old/debian/control 2007-06-02 08:17:51.742324321 +0200
+++ debian/control 2007-06-06 08:39:47.880851224 +0200
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, makedev (>= 2.3.1-24) | devfsd | udev
Description: software watchdog
The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds.
- If the device is open but not written to within a minute the machine
- will reboot -- a feature available when "software watchdog" support
+ If the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine
+ will reboot. This feature is available when the 'software watchdog' support
is compiled into the kernel.
.
The ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine

Source: watchdog
Section: admin
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.1.13), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0)
Standards-Version: 3.6.2
Package: watchdog
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, makedev (>= 2.3.1-24) | devfsd | udev
Description: software watchdog
The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds.
If the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine
will reboot. This feature is available when the 'software watchdog' support
is compiled into the kernel.
.
The ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine
and interrupts.